Transportation Planner II (5288) - Citywide - (T00128)

Under general supervision, the 5288 Transportation Planner II performs transportation planning work concerning public transportation, shuttle services, biking and walking, curb/parking management, paratransit, traffic management, commercial ground transportation management, and other transportation modes.

Examples of Important and Essential Duties

According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code and are not intended to be an inclusive list:

• Prepares, analyzes, or evaluates reports, plans, and policies for various transportation planning projects and grant requests; uses technical, social, economic and physical data to forecast future conditions impacts and trends.
• Designs, prepares, and/or coordinates the preparation of visual materials including graphs, charts, maps and models to illustrate presentations of transit and/or transportation projects.
• Reviews, interprets, and applies legislation and codes related to transportation planning to develop and implement transportation projects.
• Makes presentations to community, business and other groups to explain public transportation and/or other transportation projects.
• Assists in managing transportation projects along with the preparation of requests for grant proposals and contract documents.
• Interprets and integrates transportation policy in the review of proposed development projects and environmental impact reports.
• Develops, evaluates proposals for planning, and coordinates the implementation of transportation plans and projects including transit route, service and operational changes, and shuttle services. Includes the development and assessment of proposed changes to para-transit services, transit routes and service levels, paratransit service policies, and assessment of traffic impacts.
• Evaluates and makes recommendations on technical aspects of transportation planning, capital, or operating projects in San Francisco involving various transit modes such as light rail, trolley coach, motor coach and cable car; circulator and commuter shuttle services, commercial ground transportation options; as well as auto traffic; bicycle and pedestrian transportation and paratransit parking.
• Collects, compiles and analyzes field and other data to prepare and evaluate plans and proposals concerning public transportation activities; creates and maintains databases to systematically organize transportation-related statistics.
• Applies computer-assisted analytical techniques to evaluate and/or forecast planning and operational data to assist in formulating transportation planning programs.
• Prepares correspondence in response to public, Commission or other agency inquiries.